Category: New Jersey Statehouse

New Jersey Assembly Temporarily Changed Vaccine Mandate to Test Requirement After GOP Protest

New Jersey state assembly speaker announced on Jan. 7 that all assembly members and staffers will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result regardless of their vaccination status to enter the legislative premises. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, a Democrat, said in a statement that all who intend to access the Assembly Chambers of the…


GOP Lawmakers Blocked From Entering New Jersey Statehouse Over COVID-19 Mandate; People Rally to Protest the Mandate

On Monday six Republican lawmakers who refused to show their COVID-19 vaccine card or test were blocked by state police from entering the New Jersey Statehouse. New Jerseyans rallied on the same day to protest the recently adopted COVID-19 policy for entering the state legislature. People gathered in front of the New Jersey Statehouse to…